* Resistance was able
to send a lone warrior. A * protector for John. It was just a
question of * which one of them would reach him first... *
DISSOLVE TO: 7 ext. truckstop - night 7
Wild fingers of BLUE-WHITE ELECTRIC ARCS dance in a steel canyon formed
by two TRACTOR TRAILERS, parked side by side in the back lot of an all
night truck stop. Then...
The strange lightning forms a circular opening
PROTECTOR. Magnificent, though on closer inspection it
shudders ever so slightly, denoting pre-CGI model work on a
budget. Were watching a TV show.
LAREDO (V.0.)
Were exiting the time knot now sir!
2. INT. NSEA PROTECTOR COMMAND DECK - SPACE
5 Members of the crew of the NSEA PROTECTOR sit in the large
circa - 1979-"high-tech" cabin. All of them human except for DR.
LAZARUS, a purple reptilian-loo
Protector."
BOY (VO)
I know.
Silence.
The noblemen and monks surround Reting as he steps out of
the palanquin.
One man stands out here, a monk, a high lama in fact, with a
kind face and fantastic, mesmerizing eyes. He is the LAMA
OF SERA.
WOMAN (VO)
Go to sleep, Lhamo.
Reting stares at the lake.
The water turns a light grey, and an image appears - obscure
at first, then becoming more solid. A vis
CAFETERIA - DAY
Fun-time. Total chaos. If youve been to high-school you know the riff.
Bad food, teen-age melodrama, and a squadron of SUPERVISORS trying to keep
a lid on things.
ALEX
makes her way to the far corner of the cafeteria where a cluster of kids
lounge around a table. These are Alexs FRIENDS. And while none of them
are your garden variety pocket-protector-type nerds, these k